Intermountain Dixie Regional And Intermountain Medical Center Honored For Low Readmission Rates For Heart Attack Patients

Becker’s Hospital Review’s newest list of “51 Hospitals with the Lowest Heart Attack Rates” places Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in its number seven spot, while Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center tied for number 42. Becker’s is an industry journal for healthcare leaders in the United States.

The readmission rate for the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray is 14.3 percent, while Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George has a 14.9 percent readmission rate. Nationally, 16.8 percent of heart attack patients across the country are readmitted within 30 days of treatment.

Intermountain Medical Center and Dixie were the only Utah hospitals to make the list, which is based on the most recent “Hospital Compare” performance data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from July 2012 to June 2015.